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Sat Apr 8, 2023, 11:49 PM Apr 2023

Ukraine brings back 31 children from Russia amid war

Source: ABC News

The head of a Ukrainian rescue organization said Saturday that the organization has brought back 31 children from Russia, where they had been taken during the war.

Deportations of Ukrainian children have been a concern since Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine. The International Criminal Court increased pressure on Russia when it issued arrest warrants on March 17 for President Vladimir Putin and Russian children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova, accusing them of abducting children from Ukraine.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said this week it had been in contact with Lvova-Belova, the first confirmation of high-level international intervention to reunite families with children who were forcibly deported.

An Associated Press investigation revealed Lvova-Belova’s involvement in the abductions and found an open effort to put Ukrainian children up for adoption in Russia.


Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ukraine-brings-back-31-children-russia-amid-war-98452908

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Ukraine brings back 31 children from Russia amid war (Original Post) jgo Apr 2023 OP
Forcibly deported? Whatthe_Firetruck Apr 2023 #1
+1000 Duppers Apr 2023 #2
Ironically if Putin came to America he could not be arrested under the ICJ warrant. Alexander Of Assyria Apr 2023 #3
Its a start Bayard Apr 2023 #4
Asolutely shocked Ukraine got any children back at all. marbley falls Apr 2023 #5
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